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Pre-pandemic, Meriden was already dipping its toe into online learning, so we had some tech-savvy teachers doing things with Moodle or Schoology,” Moore. Some teachers had started in Google Classroom, but it was still in its infancy and didn’t have a lot of features at the time. We had some experience with online learning.”
Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example. Two high-profile coding bootcamps, The Iron Yard and Dev Bootcamp, closed their doors.
PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Instructure announced it would be acquired by private equity firm Thomas Bravo — although it’s not clear that the deal will actually go through. This year, Instructure also acquired Portfolium and MasteryConnect ). LOL LOL LOL.
.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge. .” ” Oh look.
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via NPR : “ New Jersey Attorney General On Investigating For-Profit Colleges.” The Business of Job Training.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill on “ Schoology , NEO, Claroline, Chamilo: The beginning of the LMS long tail.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Education Dept. ” More via Inside Higher Ed.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology.
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